We are the Ponytail Posse, an all-ladies high school robotics team from St. Paul, Minnesota.

Our team has been participating in a robotics program called FTC (FIRST Tech Challenge) since 2014. FTC allows us to explore STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) and gain real-world experiences through a competitive format. It’s pretty awesome.

Every year, FTC teams have the option of creating a Public Service Announcement video based around a predetermined theme. The theme for the 2016-17 FTC season was “This is how I plan to pay FIRST forward…”